Welcome
to Bartley Temple United Methodist Church. Just as John Wesley and the early Methodists,
we too, place primary emphasis on “Christian living, on putting faith and love
into action.” OUR BEGINNINGSBartley
Temple United Methodist Church began with a small group of members having
prayer meetings on Sunday afternoons. The first meetings were held at the home
of Cornelia C. Edwards and occasionally at Carver Library on Northwest First
Street. The group members were Lewis & Leola H. Cohen, Mr. Virgil Smith, Cornelia
C. Edwards,Charles &
Nettie Hurst and later came George Dexter, Thomas B. McPherson, Dr. Edward H.
DeBose, Rev. Willie & Annie Murray, Edward Bradley, Joe Roberts, and Waymon
& Barbara Jackson.It
was at one of the prayer meetings that the members decided to build a church.
They began to raise money and contacted Rev. Henry Bartley Jr. who was the Methodist
Conference treasurer to borrow money. On a small plot of land gifted to them
from Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Stienburg. Bartley
Temple United Methodist Church was built in late 1950 and named after Rev.
Henry Bartley Jr. who not only helped them to get the money they needed to
build, but he continued to assist them until the day their doors opened. OUR AIMOur
first aim is to glorify God in worship; our second is to introduce people to
Jesus Christ through evangelism; our third is to help persons of all ages to
become deeply committed Christians through ministries of discipleship; our
fourth is to build caring relationships and foster mutual ministry among the
church family through authentic Christian fellowship; and finally, we aim to
train, equip, inspire and mobilize members to live out their faith as salt and
light outside the walls of the church through ministries of service.